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July 2, 2012

Nothing has captured my daughter's imagination like the story and the movie 'Brave'. NOTHING. Not even dinosaurs when she was a toddler, and that was an intense phase, I can promise you. For weeks even before the movie came out, it was all she could talk about. It's all we play. And if you drop by, don't be surprised to hear us talking in Scottish (?) accents. Julia pretends to be Merida(of course) and I'm either the cook or Queen Elinor.

I don't know what it is really. A princess who shoots bows and arrows? Bears? But the kid cannot get enough. She wants to be Merida for Halloween. She wants to get a dog and name it Merida. She wants to drop her middle name and substitute....can you guess? MERIDA.

Also, she wants to know how old she has to be before she can dye her hair red and make it curly.

So imagine the mental yee-haw that went on inside my head when I saw 'Brave' A Big Golden Book at the grocery store. The grocery store! Actually I saw all three of the books you see above.

I got the Big Golden one. It's GORGEOUS, a lovely edition, not the cheaply made kind. I chose it because it's big (as they so kindly let you know on the cover), it very deftly and completely tells the entire story of the movie, and the illustrations inside are immensely detailed and fabulous.

We loved the movie by the way. The bear stuff was a leeeeetle intense but Julia was up for it. She thinks it's the best movie she's ever seen -- that and 'A Little Snow Fairy Sugar.' (sigh. pink hair and waffles are still haunting my dreams...) In a nutshell, my wild princess considers the wild princess in 'Brave' to be a true kindred spirit who inspires every last bit of her imaginary life.

13 comments:

We LOVED Brave! It was my first 3D movie, and I never want to don those glasses again (ouch), but the girls loved it. Much Brave merchandise has been requested. Golden Books would be the affordable way to go... ;o)

What is wrong with my children? six year old deemed it much too scary, did not like. 4 year old professed "Don't you know I HATE movies that make my cry?" (this is a problem we face with him all the time, it's actually really sweet- he's my tender hearted little teddy bear)- But don't worry. Baby Kit came through. She loved it. In fact as I was reading this post she asked if we could watch it again :) Maybe it's just a boy/girl thing?

Oh trust me, 2 yrs ago Julia would not have been seeing this movie. I just don't think she would have been ready. It's all about where your kiddo is. Guess who DID cry during the movie? ME! I also cried at 'Tarzan', which we just recently saw on video, and I also cried during 'Nanny McPhee', which we also recently saw. Been on a bit of a movie kick lately! And I've cried thru them all.....I'm a crier.....

Well, we are going today! I will bring Kleenex (huge crier here so thank you for the warning). Not sure if our 2 year old is going to make it thru the whole show, but grandma and grandpa volunteered to be the ones to take her out so I can watch the whole thing (of course that will require her to willingly go out with them-- maybe I'm not watching the whole thing). Can't wait!!

Ohhh I have been wanting to see this movie! Maybe she will still be into it when we are out at the end of the month and we can all hit a mat. I was so into Annie my mom had to pry the outfits off me just to wash them. So proud of the pixar people for coming out with a princess that wasn't so girly. ;-)

Hi Monika! Cheers right back to you! Glad you all enjoyed the movie. I think my Julia was a bit intimidated by Mor'du the bear because she talked about him nonstop for 2 days, which is what she does when she feels anxious about something :) -- But I think we'll be seeing the film again soon....

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